Threlfall v. Threlfall

In this appeal, the defendant seeks to reverse, for lack of personal jurisdiction, a decree for divorce which included a grant of custody of the couple’s children to the plaintiff.

The record discloses that on March 1, 1968, Mary A. Threlfall, filed a complaint for separate maintenance against Ronald Threlfall. It was therein alleged that the parties were married on November 19, 1955, at Chicago Heights, Illinois, and lived together as husband and wife until December 17, 1967. Plaintiff prayed for alimony and custody of their three children, then eleven, ten and eight years, respectively. This…